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Masih ingat engkong penjual buffet ini? Kalau lupa, bisa baca ceritanya di sini.

Waktu mama datang kemarin, mama cerita, si engkong datang lagi dengan dagangan buffetnya. Ada tetangga menawar harga 150 ribu, si engkong nggak mau lepas. Mama bilang, si tetangga berkomentar: “Ya nggak maulah, udah pernah dibeli 350 ribu!” Iya, yang dimaksud si tetangga itu saya, karena mereka mendengar saya membeli buffet itu seharga 350 ribu. Dan saya baru tahu belakangan, kalau tetangga yang lain pernah membeli barang yang sama dari si engkong seharga 150 ribu. Jadi rupanya, saya dituduh merusak pasaran. Padahal asli, saya ikhlas beli tanpa nawar karena menurut saya harga segitu nggak sebanding dengan usahanya. Menurut saya, harga 500 ribu pun masih sangat pantas. Nggak pernah kepikiran di benak saya, kalau niat baik saya itu justru disalahartikan oleh orang lain. Terbukti sekali lagi, bahwa niat baik saja tidak cukup =(

Saya jadi ingat, dalam perjalanan dari terminal Jepara ke pelabuhan Kartini sebelum ke Karimun Jawa, saya dan teman seperjalanan menumpang becak. Dari hasil googling, saya tahu bahwa standar ongkos becaknya 15 ribu. Namun ketika menjalaninya, ternyata sangat jauh, dan saya merasa ongkos 15 ribu itu kurang layak. Bayangkan, dari depan komplek ke rumah saya yang jaraknya nggak sampai 300 meter saja ongkos becaknya 5 ribu, masa ini jarak 1,7 km hanya 15 ribu? Saya bermaksud memberikan setidaknya 20 ribu, ketika teman saya protes. “Jangan! Kalau kamu ngasih lebih, berarti kamu merusak harga pasaran!” “Lho tapi kan kasihan!” “Ya memang begitu prinsip hukum ekonomi.” Meski pada akhirnya dia membayar 20 ribu juga sih karena tidak ada kembalian =)

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Malam ini, saya seperti diprotes suami. Ceritanya, suami sudah approve budget 3,5 juta untuk reparasi sofa jati warisan mertua. Ketika abang sofa datang, mama saya bilang, tawar lagi harganya. Ya sudahlah saya tawar, dan ternyata, abang sofa setuju dengan harga 3 juta. Langsung mulai dikerjakan di tempat hari itu juga tanpa DP, selesai dalam waktu maksimal satu minggu. Suami bilang, seharusnya tidak usah ditawar. “Kasihan, lagian selisih uang segitu nggak akan bikin kita miskin”, katanya. Sedangkan, mbaknya mertua bilang, pasaran di tempatnya untuk pengerjaan yang sama hanya 1,5 juta saja. Saya jadi serba salah, dalam hal ini yang benar itu mengikuti prinsip hukum ekonomi atau prinsip kemanusiaan? 

Lalu saya ingat lagi pada protes teman saya di path. Ia menyayangkan gojek yang terus-terusan memberikan harga promo karena justru program promo itu membuat layanan gojek semakin sulit didapat oleh pengguna setia (permintaan jauh melebihi persediaan), dan membuat sistem persaingan kurang sehat dengan kompetitornya (terutama ojek konvensional yang pastinya tak memiliki aliran dana berlimpahruah dari investor). Mirip miriplah dengan website jualan yang sering dumping harga untuk menguasai pangsa pasar. Meskipun gojek beralasan promo itu dalam rangka memberi kesejahteraan lebih untuk para gojek driver, namun dalam skala besar ada pihak yang merasa dirugikan. 

Jadi, mana yang benar? Ah, entahlah. Bagaimana menurut kalian? 

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